Also, wasn't it the fifth episode that had the different director? That was the one that stood out to me as being a "and nof for something completely different" sort of thing...Dang, that one was dark. And then ep. 6 came and it was all good again.

Photon is like 10. Kajishima has a 'molest me' fetish but normally studios make him age his main character up a bit. Look at the early design for Kenshi, he was also supposed to be much younger.

Lashara's last name is Earth(Aasu is how it's pronounced in Japanese), which is also Photon's last name. Lithia's last name is Po Chini or Po Chi (I can't remember which), like that little weird person that fused with Lashara in Photon.

The Koros are also from Photon along with Aho. I don't know if Photon is in ISM's past or if it's like how he used the name Yotsuga Kazuki twice just cause he liked the name.

I think Spaceship Agga Ruter's actual name was something like "Space Opera Agartha" or "Spaceship Agartha". The pronunciation is like "Agarusa" which is how either option would be pronounced. But come on, which is more likely what he intended? Agartha or Agga Ruter? My vote's for Agartha. (someone else figured this out, I do not take credit)

I could see the gap in the photon manga if anyone would be willing to close it. translate Would I donate from my private Collecting and dismantle the last two volumes and the Scans Report interessting if there please

My own personal theory is that photon is geminars post apocalyptic future and the reason photon has his powers and look and why aun and the others have weird powers is because he is a descendent of kenshis and kenshi had a lot of descendants creating tons of anomalies. In isekai they dont even have common space flight yet and gun poweders just becoming a thing. But they have mechas and in photon they have odd relics and ruins and they have anachronistic ahou tech and space flight. ... I also have a theory that isekai and dual are linked and that geminar is not in a parallel world just on a different planet far away. But close enough to duals planet. Which until I can translate otherwise I suspect might be the seed civilization.